单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
1.Some metals expand when it is hot and c_____ when it is cold.
2.If you a____ a little salt to the soup, it will taste more delicious.
3.Everyone can get on well with him, because he is easy to________(接近).
4.They are making a _______ (调查） of the population growth of the city.
5.While I was doing my homework, the ______(电） went off.
6.Water is a _______ (液体）without color or taste.
7.Children should be ____(独立的）in doing things and don't always rely on their parents.
8.I______(集中）your mind on study, and you'll make progress.
9.What is the ______(平均的）rainfall for summer in your country.
10.Nowadays many old people don't like living d______ ,for it is very noisy.
补全对话（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
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A. For every writer kissed by fortune, there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. B. What I did have was a friend who found me in my room in a New York apartment building. C. This is the shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there. D. In most cases these people are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. E. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. |
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there's a big difference between "being a writer" and "writing".(61)________ "You've got to want to write," I say to them, "not want to be awriter."
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poorly-paid affair. (62)________ When I left a 20-year job in the US Coast Guard to become a writer, I had no hopes at all. (63)________ . It didn't even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a real writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn't gotten a break and began to doubt myself.(64)________ But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wondering "What if... ?" I would keep putting my dream to the test even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. (65)________ .
The old couple don't want to _______ their son and still live in the countryside although their son urged them to move to the city and live with his family several times.
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A．bother |
B．disturb |
C．interrupt |
D．dislike |
He is very angry because the bag _____ on the net a month ago hasn't arrived yet.
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A．being ordered |
B．ordering |
C．ordered |
D．to be ordered |
When the old man recalled the old hard times, he always said, “ It was the first time that I ____ a full meal. I remembered it forever.”
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A．have eaten |
B．had eaten |
C．were eating |
D．ate |
_____ food is hard to find, few birds remain throughout the year.
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A．What |
B．Which |
C．Where |
D．That |
